It’s a common stereotype (I can confirm anecdotally) that whenever a woman goes to the doctor for any reason, the doctor will do one or more of the following:
ask when their last period was, regardless of the presenting issues
tell them to lose weight
order a pap smear
dismiss their distress as insignificant due to period/hysteria/any-BMI-higher-than-a-supermodel/just being a woman.
This happens a lot. I don’t know the stats but it’s happened enough times to women I know to actually cause them to avoid medical treatment.
No, I mean, I know that, but I was thinking they were referencing a specific case or something, because that sounded very extreme.
I was under the impression that high BMI was often used to dismiss health concerns regardless of gender, though; and that hysteria was soooo last century, but I guess not :C
According to a review I read, Scandinavian countries are better at this. Perchance we all move to Sweden.
I do believe 1. Is because everything changes as soon as a woman is pregnant and they have to stop doing any treatments that haven’t been tested on pregnant women for liability issues. Doesn’t really justify the others though.
It’s a common stereotype (I can confirm anecdotally) that whenever a woman goes to the doctor for any reason, the doctor will do one or more of the following:
This happens a lot. I don’t know the stats but it’s happened enough times to women I know to actually cause them to avoid medical treatment.
No, I mean, I know that, but I was thinking they were referencing a specific case or something, because that sounded very extreme.
I was under the impression that high BMI was often used to dismiss health concerns regardless of gender, though; and that hysteria was soooo last century, but I guess not :C
According to a review I read, Scandinavian countries are better at this. Perchance we all move to Sweden.
ive heard it alot, especially if you are a poc, or black women they more than likely will go harder on those stereotypes.
I do believe 1. Is because everything changes as soon as a woman is pregnant and they have to stop doing any treatments that haven’t been tested on pregnant women for liability issues. Doesn’t really justify the others though.